redeem

verbattested in dialogue

//ɹɪˈdiːm//

To recover ownership of something by buying it back.

verb

1
To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
2
To liberate by payment of a ransom.
3
To set free by force.
Your Highneſſe needs not doubt but in ſhort time, He will with Tamburlaines deſtruction Redeeme you from this deadly ſeruitude.
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments ...
4
To save, rescue.
5
To clear, release from debt or blame.
6
To expiate, atone (for).
7
To convert (some bond or security) into cash.
8
To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
9
To repair, restore.
10
To reform, change (for the better).
11
To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.
12
archaicTo reclaim.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin red- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin redimōbor. Old French redimerbor. Middle English redemen English redeem From Middle English redemen, modified from Old French redimer, from Latin redimō (“release; obviate; atone for”), itself from red- (“back; again”) + emō (“buy; gain, take, procure”).

Forms

past tense: redeemed
past participle: redeemed
present participle: redeeming
third person singular: redeems

Reddington · A surname from Old English.reddy · Somewhat red in colour.Reddy · A member of a Telugu caste, mostly from Andhra Pradesh and…

redeem · To recover ownership of something by buying it back.

redemption · The act of redeeming or something redeemed.redhead · A person with red hair.Redhead · A surname.

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